Salekhard is an administrative capital of the Yamalo-Nenets autonomous district. It’s located at the left bank of the Ob river and occupies a territory of 1018 square kilometers or 636 square miles. We have a splendid collection of aerial photos of the city. Just look at the peculiar type of construction of all buildings, they do not look like usual houses in Moscow or any other Russian city.

Well of course the buildings look different from older Russian cities! The buildings are constructed from pre-fabricated materials like aluminum panels, etc. These can then be trucked in and assembled on-site.

Ah… my hometown… I loved it so much. Thanks for these pictures, my old school is in close up and everything is looking so new and so great. Even the old houses have been painted, although they were supposed to be destroyed.